Lara Croft, one of the most famous and recognised video game characters in the history of video games' latest adventuring saga Tomb Raider: Legend has become the fastest selling Tomb Raider game and the fastest selling game of 2006.

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce that Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend has reached No.1 in the UK.

The game has achieved the top spot in the PS2, Xbox and Xbox 360 charts and reached No.2 in the PC chart, kept from the PC top spot by another Eidos title Championship Manager 2006.

"Tomb Raider: Legend is the fastest selling game of 2006 because it is such great fun to play and we are confident it will continue to sell and sell. said Scott Dodkins, Managing Director, Europe at Eidos. This is yet another fantastic achievement for Lara in the same week as she was awarded a Guinness World Record. The first lady of video gaming has well and truly returned."